Biography Carl Borg

Known for Southwest Indian portraits in various mediums including oil,
watercolor, etchings, and woodblock, Carl Oscar Borg was born in
Dais-Grinstad, Sweden.

His family was poor, and he was largely
self-taught. He showed early art talent, and as a child copied
pictures from books. At age 15, he apprenticed to a house
painter, and at age 20, moved to London and assisted portrait and
marine artist George Johansen.

In 1901, he arrived in San Francisco from Sweden, having jumped ship as
a seaman on the "S.S. Arizonan. " He walked the rail track to Los
Angeles, and learned painting techniques from William Wendt, well-known
landscape artist.